{"product_id":"strange-new-world-by-nadia-wheatley-9781923451445","title":"Strange New World","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Liberation of Bergen-Belsen concentration camp on 15 April 1945 was hailed as a triumph of British victory over Nazi Germany. But for the 55,000 survivors of the 'Horror Camp', freedom brought new tragedy: a quarter died in the following five weeks. For many of those who lived, liberation meant barbed wire, military rule and a different kind of confinement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEvacuated to a nearby army barracks – soon Europe’s largest Jewish Displaced Persons’ camp – survivors faced endemic disease, bureaucratic indifference and an uncertain future. Josef Rosensaft, Jewish political leader in the camp, called the first year of freedom ‘more oppressive to our souls than the years in the hell of Auschwitz and Belsen’: ‘we saw before us a new kind of world, cold and strange’.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eStrange New World\u003c\/em\u003e is the untold story of Belsen’s survivors. Refusing to remain victims, they fought to reclaim agency, build community and forge new lives from the ruins. Their history resonates today as millions of displaced people worldwide navigate the gap between rescue and true freedom.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47559018119404,"sku":"9781923451445","price":44.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781923451445-strange-new-world.jpg?v=1776926499","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/strange-new-world-by-nadia-wheatley-9781923451445","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}